Hi,

$IN->param is a GT::CGI (basically CGI.pm)

I also tried using

use utf8;

..and:

use Encode qw(encode decode);

..but that converts it into even weirder text:

IMAGE BEFORE: $VAR1 = '00001ËéêèëÏÌÎï whatever.jpg';
IMAGE AFTER: $VAR1 = "00001\x{cb}\x{e9}\x{ea}\x{e8}\x{eb}\x{cf}\x{cc}\x{ce}\x{ef}_whatever.jpg";

Any other ideas?

BTW, as I said before - in the same script - it works fine for other functions - just not this one.

Here is the full function, if it may help:

sub MakeThumb {

#    print $IN->header;

#    print "FOO";

    my ($id,$field,$table,$size,$key_field) = @_;

    if (!$id || !$field || !$table || !$size) {
        use Data::Dumper;
        return qq|ERROR: Please pass in ALL values (ID, field, table a
+nd size) - got "$id","$field","$table","$size"| . Dumper(@_);
    }


## NEW STUFF
    # fix the image, so we convert things like accented charachters to
+ plain charachters
    # rename_file_with_odd_charachters(filename,table,field,id)
         my ($img) = $IN->param($field) =~ m|([^\\/]+)$|; # grab the i
+mage name...and then assign the path...

    
        use Data::Dumper;
        print "IMAGE BEFORE: " . Dumper($img);

#         my $img = '00001ËéêèëÏÌÎï whatever.gif';
         print STDERR "\n\n$img\n\n";
#         $img = decode("utf-8",$img);    
         $img =~ tr{ÀÂÄàâäÇçÉÊÈËéêèëÏÌÎïìîÖÔÒöôòÜÛÙüûùA-Z?!;«»()" }{aa
+aaaacceeeeeeeeiiiiiioooooouuuuuua-z__________};

        print "IMAGE AFTER: " . Dumper($img);


         print $IN->header;
         print qq|XXX: $img,$table,$field,$id <Br />|;

         rename_file_with_odd_charachters_other($img,$table,$field,$id
+);
## END NEW STUFF



   # get the actual path to where the file is/will be saved...
      my $schema = $DB->table($table)->cols;
      my $path = $schema->{$field}->{'file_save_in'};
         $path =~ s,/$,,; # get rid of trailing / at end of $path

        # now we have the highest ID, lets get the image stuff for thi
+s link.
         my $col = $field; # column name where file is held
         my $tbl = $DB->table( $table );
         my $fh = $tbl->file_info( $col, $id ); # return a glob refere
+nce to the file that you can print <$fh> if you want
         my $rel_path;
         if ($fh) {
           $rel_path = $fh->File_RelativePath;
         } # else { 
#            return @args; }
         undef $fh; # explicit close of the filehandle for good measur
+e

       # create the variable for where the small image will be held...
         my @img_create = split("/",$rel_path);
         my $count = $#img_create;

         my $rel_path_small = undef; # make sure we have this variable
+ as an undef, otherwise we get probs...
         for (my $i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) { $rel_path_small .= $img_
+create[$i] . "/"; }
         $rel_path_small .= "small-" . $img_create[$count]; # create t
+he small image name...

         my $ReadImage = $path . $rel_path;
         my $WriteImage = $path . $rel_path_small;

     do_shrink($ReadImage,$WriteImage,$id,$size);

     return;
}
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The stuff between

## NEW STUFF

and

## END NEW STUFF

..is where the issue is coming up.

TIA

Andy